Scholarship and Awards
- Fellow of the Ecological Society of America, 2012
- National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director’s Award for Natural Resource Research, 2011
- Rocky Mountain National Park Stewardship Award, 2011
- Department of Interior Awards:
- Meritorious Service, 2002;
- National Biological Survey Superior Achievement, 1995;
- Outstanding National Park Service Washington Office Research Scientist 1991;
- Outstanding Contributions to Biological Division USGS, 1999, 2000, 2001;
- USGS STAR Awards 2009, 2010, 2011;
- USGS Shoemaker Award 2011